Dogmatic Books

Particular Fields of Theology

References

Book Series

Sussidi di Teologia
- PUSC series of theological manuals
Studi di Teologia
- PUSC series of theological studies

Dictionaries and Encyclopediae

Teologia by by I Dizionari San Paolo
Sacramentum Mundi

Introduction to Theology

The Light of Christ by Thomas Joseph White, OP
Theology for Beginners by F.J. Sheed
Theology and Sanity by F.J. Sheed
Introduction to Christianity by Joseph Ratzinger

General

Scheeben, Matthias Joseph. The Mysteries of Christianity. Translated by Cyril Vollert. Second edition. Steubenville, Ohio: Emmaus Academic, 2023.
Chenu, Marie-Dominique. La Théologie Comme Science au XIIIe Siècle. 3e éd. Paris: Librairie Philosophique Vrin, 1969.
- Chenu, Marie-Dominique. La Teologia Come Scienza nel XIII Secolo. Translated by P. Vian. 2 ed. Milano: Jaca Book, 1985.

Fundamental

Dei Filius by VI [R]
Dei Verbum by VII [R]
Feingold, Lawrence. 2018. Faith comes from what is heard: an introduction to fundamental theology. Steubenville, Ohio: Emmaus Academic.
De Doctrina Christiana by Augustine [R]
An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by John Henry Newman
An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent by John Henry Newman

Tradition and Development of Dogma

Congar, Yves. 1967. Tradition and traditions; an historical and a theological essay. New York: Macmillan.
Congar, Yves. 2004. The meaning of tradition. San Francisco: Ignatius Press.
Mansini, Guy. The Development of Dogma: A Systematic Account. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2023.

Trinity

General Studies

De Trinitate by Augustine
Emery, Gilles, and Matthew Levering. 2011. The Oxford Handbook of the Trinity. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Maspero, Giulio, and Robert Józef Wozniak. 2012. Rethinking Trinitarian Theology: Disputed Questions and Contemporary Issues in Trinitarian Theology. London: T & T Clark.
Maspero, Giulio. 2020. The Mystery of Communion: Encountering the Trinity. South Bend, IN: St. Augustine’s Press.
Ratzinger, Joseph. 1976. The God of Jesus Christ: Meditations on the Triune God. San Francisco: Ignatius Press.
Rusch, William G. 1980. The Trinitarian Controversy. Philadelphia: Fortress Press.
Durand, Emmanuel, and Vincent Holzer. 2010. Les Réalisations Du Renouveau Trinitaire au XXe Siècle. Paris: Cerf.
White, Thomas Joseph. 2022. The Trinity: On the Nature and Mystery of the One God. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press.

Studies of Particular Theologians

Ayres, Lewis. 2010. Augustine and the Trinity. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Emery, Gilles, and Francesca Aran Murphy. 2007. The Trinitarian Theology of St Thomas Aquinas. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Friedman, Russell L. 2010. Medieval Trinitarian Thought from Aquinas to Ockham . Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Christology

Magisterial

Patristic

On the Resurrection of the Flesh (De Carnis Resurrectuone) by Tertullian
On the Incarnation of the Word by St. Athanasius
Norris, Richard A. 1980. The Christological Controversy. Philadelphia: Fortress Press.

General

Begasse de Dhaem, Amaury. 2021. Mysterium Christi: Cristologia e Soteriologia Trinitaria. Assisi: Cittadella Editrice.
Benedict, Adrian J. Walker, and Philip J. Whitmore. 2007. Jesus of Nazareth. 3 vols. New York: Doubleday.
Betz, John. 2023. Christ, the Logos of Creation: An Essay in Analogical Metaphysics. Steubenville, Ohio: Emmaus Academic.
Bulgakov, Sergiĭ. 2008. The Lamb of God. Grand Rapids, Mich: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.
Galot, Jean. 1981. Who is Christ?: A Theology of the Incarnation. Chicago, IL: Franciscan Herald Press.
Kasper, Walter. 2016. The God of Jesus Christ. New York: Paulist Press.
Lonergan, Bernard, Robert M. Doran, and Jeremy D. Wilkins. 2016. The Incarnate Word. Toronto: Lonergan Research Institute of Regis College.
Pitre, Brant James. 2024. Jesus and Divine Christology. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
White, Thomas Joseph. 2017. The incarnate Lord a Thomistic Study in Christology. Washington D.C: The Catholic University of America Press.

Soteriology

Magisterial

Placuit Deo (2018) by CDF

General

God So Loved the World: Clues to Our Transcendent Destiny from the Revelation of Jesus by Robert Spitzer, S.J.
Dare We Hope “That All Men Be Saved”? by Hans Urs von Balthasar

Pneumatology

On the Holy Spirit by St. Basil
The Comforter by Sergius Bulgakov

Creation

O'Callaghan, Paul. 2022. God's Gift of the Universe : An Introduction to Creation Theology. Washington D.C: Catholic University of America Press.
Warnez, Matthew T., B.H. “De Natura: The Church Fathers on Creation's Fallenness.” Nova et vetera 19, no. 3 (2021): 933-978. doi:10.1353/nov.2021.0051.
- Overview of the patristic understand of original sin's effect upon creation.

Anthropology

General

Bibawy. 2025. Adam’s Sin, Our Humanity, and Christ’s Redemption in Cyril of Alexandria: An Eastern Christian Theological Anthropology. Washington D.C.: CUA Press.
Ladaria, Luis F. 2012. Antropologia teologica. Roma: G&B Press.

Grace and Nature

Feingold, Lawrence. 2010. The natural desire to see God according to St. Thomas and his interpreters. Ave Maria, FL: Sapientia Press.
Scheeben, Matthias Joseph. The Glories of Divine Grace. Translated by Patrick Shaughnessy. Gastonia, NC: TAN Books, 2023.
Wood, Jacob W. 2019. To stir a restless heart: Thomas Aquinas and Henri de Lubac on nature, grace, and the desire for God. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press.

Deification

Augustine, David. 2025. Christ and the Altar Fire: Sacrifice as Deification in Matthias Scheeben. Steubenville, Ohio: Emmaus Academic.
Ortiz, Jared. 2019. Deification in the Latin patristic tradition. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press.
Russell, Norman. 2009. The doctrine of deification in the Greek patristic tradition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Eschatology

Eschatology: Death and Eternal Life by Joseph Ratzinger

Ecclesiology

Magisterium

Lumen Gentium
Ut Unum Sint by JP II

Studies

Bulgakov, Sergiĭ. The Bride of the Lamb. Translated by Boris Jakim. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Edinburgh: W.B. Eerdmans; T&T Clark, 2002.
Congar, Yves. Lay People in the Church: A Study for a Theology of Laity. Translated by D Attwater. Rev. ed. London: Newman Press, 1965.
- Original Language: Congar, Yves. 1954. Jalons Pour Une Théologie Du Laïcat 2 éd. Paris: Éditions du Cerf.
La Soujeole, Benoît-Dominique de. Introduction to the Mystery of the Church. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2014.
Zizioulas, Jean. 1985. Being as Communion: Studies in Personhood and the Church. Crestwood, N.Y.: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press.
Zizioulas, Jean. 2006. Communion and Otherness: Further Studies in Personhood and the Church. Edited by Paul McPartlan. London: T & T Clark.

Mariology

Magisterium

Redemptoris Mater by JPII

Studies

Bulgakov, Sergiĭ. 2009. The Burning Bush: On the Orthodox Veneration of the Mother of God. Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.
Carol, Juniper B. 1956. Fundamentals of Mariology. New York: Benziger Bros.
Casagrande, Dominicus. 1974. Enchiridion Marianum Biblicum Patristicum. Romae: Cor Unum.
De Fiores, et al. eds. 2009. Mariologia. Milano: San Paolo.
Maggioni, Corrado. 2025. Tutte le generazioni mi chiameranno beata. Due millenni di litur-gia e pietà mariana. Roma: IF Press.
Maunder, Chris, ed. 2019. The Oxford Handbook of Mary. First edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Nepil, John L. 2023. A Bride Adorned: Mary-Church Perichoresis in Modern Catholic Theology. Steubenville, Ohio: Emmaus Academic.
Pitre, Brant James. 2018. Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary: Unveiling the Mother of the Messiah. New York: Image.

Angelology

Angels and Their Mission by Jean Danielou
- Good patristic summary of the role of angels.
Celestial Hierarchy by Psuedo-Dionysius
- The patristic source, can be read here
Jacob's Ladder: On Angels by Sergius Bulgakov

Table of Contents

Dogmatic Books

Particular Fields of Theology

References

Book Series

Dictionaries and Encyclopediae

Introduction to Theology

General

Fundamental

Tradition and Development of Dogma

Trinity

General Studies

Studies of Particular Theologians

Christology

Magisterial

Patristic

General

Soteriology

Magisterial

General

Pneumatology

Creation

Anthropology

General

Grace and Nature

Deification

Eschatology

Ecclesiology

Magisterium

Studies

Mariology

Magisterium

Studies

Angelology